Pope Francis has ushered in 2025 with a renewed appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to protect and respect life from conception to natural death. The ...

The two-year renovation of the almost 300-year-old watermill on the outskirts of Belfast will see it reopen as a deli, cafe and restaurant.

Nearly 200 Royal Navy sailors were recalled to their ship on Christmas Day to deploy to shadow Russian warships for 500 miles in the North Sea and through the English Channel. The crew of frigate HMS ...

A pensioner was killed in a hit-and-run crash on New Year’s Eve. A 70-year-old woman, who was a pedestrian, was struck by a car in Paisley, Renfrewshire, and died at the scene around 7pm on Tuesday.

Seven people were killed in the Jabaliya area, a woman and child died in the Bureij refugee camp, and three people were ...

The PA news agency’s photographers provided unrivalled coverage of the world of politics this year as these first rate images show.

On Wednesday morning 132 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected, were in place for England, 10 for Wales and 32 for Scotland.

A 40-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after a hit-and-run incident in which two New Year revellers were injured. Metropolitan Police officers were called to the ...

Katie Boulter booked Great Britain’s spot in the quarter-finals of the United Cup with victory over Australia’s Olivia Gadecki. After their win over Argentina in the team competition on Monday, ...

Northern Scotland is expected to be hit with snow on New Year’s Day, as organisers of the cancelled Hogmanay event in Edinburgh branded this week “challenging”. The Met Office’s yellow warning that ...

A total of 36,816 people were detected crossing the Channel in small boats during 2024, according to provisional figures from the Home Office. This is 25% higher than the 29,437 people who arrived in ...

The Olympic star shared the news in a video on Instagram showing her two sons, seven-year-old Albie and one-year-old Monty, wearing T-shirts declaring they are going to be big brothers before ...